So here's the thing. I have been dreading writing this blog for quite sometime now. I've ignored my reminders that told me to write it, honestly with hope that the day just wouldn't come.

For me, this is a hard blog to write. I don't really have a cute answer to the question "why?" My decision to defer from school for a year came with a lot of sacrifices. After leaving Liberty, I began to look at other schools. Ultimately, I found one that I liked and was excited about. It was a good distance from home, yet not too far. It had a wonderful nursing program and a beautiful campus, and I already felt at home. Above all, this school provided me the opportunity to finish my college career at the same time that others my age would finish. This was so important for me, although I'm not sure why. As kids, we are taught that the route to success is high school, college, career-with no transfers, with no changes in plans or majors. Although I now feel this way of thinking is beyond flawed, I felt the need at that point to remain in the graduating class of 2021. But when God called me to the race, I had to make a decision. Either I would follow the dreams I had set before myself and quickly receive a BSN, or I would be obedient to the call that the Lord was putting on my life. 

And, obviously, you know the route I chose. 

So, to be completely honest, I am going on the World Race because I want to be obedient to my King. It's not because I want to travel the world, or meet new people, or put off the dreaded junior year of nursing school, (though all of these are major pluses)  it's because I don't want to be anywhere that He hasn't called me to be. 

I am sacrificing my plans and my dreams for His call, but oh the things he has sacrificed for me. This obedience has already grown and tested my faith, and I'm still in Huntsville, Alabama.